In the rule book if a kicker is taken out while his feet are off the ground it is a sin binning. If he has both feet on the ground, penalty.

Bit of an unfair rule really, in the vast majority of these incidents the defending player is moving at speed to tackle the player that is holding the ball, only to be unable to stop in time when the player chips a kick through. I doubt there are many players who can stop that quickly once committed.

I can only speak for us, but Dobson often gets taken out late and I cannot remember any sin binning as a result, maybe he should lay down and play for it instead of getting up straight away to carry on.

good god, are you lot still going on about o'loughins hit, perhaps al your team are still upset about with the way they are playing.

Put simply the difference is Eastmond kicked the ball. Under the rules a late tackle is an automatic sin bin, a late tackle after a pass is not. I completly agree with the inconsistancy in the rules and it should be changed to be a sin bin for any late tackle. I notice the OP has chosen only to remember lockers one and not mason's though

Don't remember that one. k.thanks